Black Lives MatterBestselling author and syndicated columnist on issues of race in the U.S., Leonard Pitts has received death threats and been subjected to harassment by neo-Nazis. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 2004, he has authored hundreds of articles addressing the charged subject of race. In Racism in America, the best of Leonard Pitts is presented in a collection of Miami Herald articles.
Format: Paperback / softback
CONTRIBUTORS: Leonard Pitts
EAN: 9781633534476
COUNTRY: United States
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WEIGHT: 0 g
HEIGHT: 203 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Mango Media
DATE PUBLISHED: 2016-11-10
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GENRE: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination
WIDTH: 127 cm
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Book Themes:
Social discrimination and social justice, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies
Leonard Garvey Pitts, Jr. is a nationally syndicated columnist and winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. He was originally hired by the Miami Herald to critique music, but within a few years he received his own column in which he dealt extensively with race, politics, and culture.Raised in Los Angeles and educated at the University of Southern California, Pitts currently lives in Bowie, Maryland. He has won awards for his writing from the Society of Professional Journalists, the American Society of Newspaper Editors, and the National Association of Black Journalists.Pitts is a bestselling author.
